A Muslim group has the right to build a mosque near Ground Zero, New York State likely voters
say 80 - 15 percent, but mosque supporters should agree voluntarily to build it somewhere else,
voters say 67 - 21 percent, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.

Building the mosque near Ground Zero is "wrong," 57 percent of New York likely voters
tell the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University survey, conducted by live
interviewers. Another 32 percent say it is "appropriate" to build the mosque near Ground Zero.

Voters across the political spectrum agree by large margins that the Muslim group has the
right to build the mosque.

"Most voters think it isn't 'appropriate' to put a mosque close to Ground Zero. There's a
party split: Republicans overwhelmingly say no; Democrats say yes," said Maurice Carroll,
director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

"But almost all New Yorkers agree that America's belief in freedom of religion gives
Muslims the right to build the mosque."

From September 16 - 20, Quinnipiac University surveyed 751 New York State likely
voters, with a margin of error of +/- 3.6 percentage points.

The Quinnipiac University Poll, directed by Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D., conducts public
opinion surveys in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Florida, Ohio and
nationwide as a public service and for research.
For more data or RSS feed- http://www.quinnipiac.edu/polling.xml, call (203) 582-5201, or
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23. Do you think it is appropriate to build a mosque and Islamic center near
ground zero, or do you think it would be wrong to do so?